RUSSIAN CAPITAL

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

A city of central European Russia; formerly capital of both the Soviet Union and Soviet Russia; since 1991 the capital of the Russian Federation

Synonyms:

capital of the Russian Federation; Moscow; Russian capital

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

national capital (the capital city of a nation)

Meronyms (parts of "Russian capital"):

Kremlin (citadel of Moscow, housing the offices of the Russian government)

Holonyms ("Russian capital" is a part of...):

Russia; Russian Federation (a federation in northeastern Europe and northern Asia; formerly Soviet Russia; since 1991 an independent state)